trias to test in quad
PLus:
- Add undo-push after 'assign material' in curve editmode, plus redraw
to reflect material change
- Added tooltips for opengl light buttons in user presets
- Added correct buttons window redraw for armature selecting in
editmode
1) Sound window displays 'frs/sec' value correct now (found a 25 hardcoded)
2) LeftMouse click in sliders of IpoWind, NLA, Action allows to make
sliders smaller/larger, for quick zoom. Used to work but disappeared in
early this decade or so :)
not affected when using standard (alpha=255) settings.
Only the backdrop for menus and unselected items can be transparent, the
highighted (active) item remains solid colored.
Just fun eyecandy tho :) but the recode of menu enables this easily.
- Blender.Window: added function GetPerspMatrix() (Tom Musgrave's patch, thanks);
- added Chris Want's patch to tell argc, argv to the Python interpreter (thanks, Hos);
- Blender.Image: added image.glFree() to free textures bound by the recently added
image.glLoad() (both suggested by Campbell Barton -- thanks, with these Blender can
be used to load textures for scripts);
- Blender.Sound: removed for now at least a few get/set methods of vars that can't be
accessed via interface;
- renamed Get/makeActive to Get/setCurrent in Blender.World (actually added alias for
now), same in Blender.Sound: renamed makeActive to setCurrent. Stephen Swaney
pointed this some weeks ago, we should stick to one naming convention.
- added documentation for Sound and Window.Theme modules and the other added
functions, made other small updates.
- Blender.Object: made 'worldspace' become the default output of .getMatrix and .mat/.matrix:
after reading a discussion on blender.org's Python forum where eeshlo mentioned the
pre 2.34 default was worldspace, I took a better look at Blender's relevant code,
confirmed, talked to Theeth about this and as he suggested am changing the default
back to 'worldspace'.
adds new features for indenting and commenting.
Note: I am not sure if the best menu spot for these features
is under the Select menu, but we can argue about that later.
They do work on a selection, though.
from the mailing list post:
1&2. Added Indent/Unindent under Edit->Select
just select the text you want to indent and go to the menu (
note if nothing is selected Indent will just indent ( tab )
the line the line )
3&4. Added Comment/Uncomment to the same menu
same applies as above
5. Added Tab setting on the menu bar in text editor
Sets the number of spaces a tab ==
changing the setting will change the hole script
6. Added Auto indent
when you hit enter it goes to the next line at the same
tab number and the line above it ( needs more testing and input)
- Rename!
CTRL+leftmouse click on name, makes it a text button. Works for all items as
currently being displayed.
Most work was doing the Bones, which is a nightmare :) But it uses same
code as buttons in Armature-Editmode now, without even needing EditMode :)
When renaming a bone, the Outliner makes the Object active though.
- PageUp / PageDown keys
Do what you expect.
As a means to indicate items in the Outliner to do operations on, you can
select with RMB items. Works like FileSelect here. Since selection in
Outliner is only on outliner level, no further UI updates happen. That is
reserved for LMB actions.
Implemented right now are only few operations... they can be called up with
the WKEY (the famous spare key :)
- if objects selected, a menu appears with choices
- if materials or textures selected, a meny appears to unlink them
If you make mixed or confusing selections you get a warning message.
TODO: add selection color in theme, and of course more operations.
- added Images in overview
- added Scripts in overview, if clicked it makes it active in open Text
Window
- Padplus/Padminus keys now open one level deeper or less
- fix: Akey didn't really open all...
- fix: click on item of non-active scene, activates new scene
- Made visualization of object hierarchy more clear with lines; this
solves the sometimes confusing mix of 'children objects' and
'linked data'.
- Enter editmode on click, also shows editing context buttons
- SHIFT+click on a item closes/opens all below that item
- Added constraints and Hooks (watch fun icon!)
Note; global undo doesnt restore former view for outliner... it does not
save the GUI, remember? :)
The outliner is a hierarchical diagram displaying a list of data in Blender
and its dependencies. The 'databrowse' doesn't really show it, and Oops is
too chaotic still. And most of all, the former two don't offer much tools.
After discussions on irc, Matt came with this design proposal;
http://mke3.net/blender/interface/layout/outliner/
Which is closely followed for the implementation.
The current version only shows all 'library data' in Blender (objects,
meshes, ipos, etc) and not the 'direct data' such as vertex groups or NLA.
I decided to make it inside the Oopw window, as an option. You can find the
option in the "View" pulldown, or directly invoke it with ALT+SHIFT+F9
Here's a quick overview of the Outliner GUI:
- Header pulldown has options what it can show (Visible = in current layers)
- click on triangle arrow to open/close
- press AKEY to open/close all
- Leftmouse click on an item activates; and does based on type a couple of
extra things:
- activates a scene
- selects/activates the Object
- enters editmode (if clicked on Mesh, Curve, etc)
- shows the appropriate Shading buttons (Lamp, Material, Texture)
- sets the IpoWindow to the current IPO
- activates the Ipo-channel in an Action
- Selected and Active objects are drawn in its Theme selection color
- SHIFT+click on Object does extend-select
- Press DOTkey to get the current active data in center of view
TODO;
- rightmouse selection; for indicating operations like delete or duplicate
- showing more data types
- icon (re)design...
- lotsof options as described in Matts paper still...
----- Killed UI frontbuffer draw
The interface toolkit was drawing all live updates (while using menus/buttons)
in the frontbuffer. This isn't well supported cross-platform, so time to be
killed once. Now it uses *only* glReadPixels and glCopyPixels for frontbuffer
access.
Live updates or menus now are drawn in backbuffer always, and copied to
front when needed.
NOTE: it was tested, but needs thorough review! On PC systems I suspects
backbuffer selection to screw up (check!). On SGI/SUN workstations it
should work smooth; but I need evidence
----- Smaller fixes;
- AA fonts were garbled on ATI systems. Now the AA fonts are drawn exact
on pixel positions. Needs the new FTGL libb too, patch is on maillist
- Rounded theme uses antialiased outlines
- Pulldown and popup menus have nice softshadow now
- New button type 'PULLDOWN', thats the one that callsup a pulldown menu.
Should be added to themes, as is the full menu/pulldown drawing
- Screendump for 1 window does the full window now, including header
- Empty pulldowns (for example running blender without scripts) give no
drawing error anymore
For review & fun;
- added curved lines as connectors, for Oops window
osx with AUX buffers, than on other systems with GL_BACK buffer...
Now i've added a check in force_draw to also redraw the backbuffer, if
needed. ANother weak point in the sublooping system in blender.
- hide flags now save correctly in mesh, to restore after going in/out
editmode
- after an extrude, faces/edges could have wrong select flags
(only in vertex select mode)
- new rule for addfacelist(); this now copies edges too, if an example
is provided. That prevents a lot of awkward code, still testing if it
goes as desired though...
The changelog is very long... it's on the web too:
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Mesh_editing_rewrite.425.0.html
EditMesh refactor notes (user)
**** New selection modes
When entering Edit Mode for a Mesh, you now have the choice for three selection modes. These are shown as icons in the 3D header (hotkey is being searched for!).
- Vertex Select
Select vertices as usual, fully compatible with how previous version work
- Edge Select
Vertices are not drawn anymore, and selections happen by default on the edges. It is a true edge select, meaning that you can select three out of four edges in a face, without automatic having the 4th edge selected.
- Face Select
Instead of vertices, now selection 'points' are drawn in the face centers. Selected faces also get a colored outline, like for edges. This also is true face select, for each face individual regardless selection status of its vertices or edges.
While holding SHIFT, and press a selection mode, you can also combine the above choices. Now selection becomes mixed, and will behave as expected.
For example; in Edge+Face select mode, selecting the 4 edges of a face will select the face too.
The selection modes and optional drawing modes (like transparant faces, normals, or solid drawing) all work together. All of Blender's mesh editing tools now react to the correct selection mode as well.
Most noticeable it's in:
**** Extrude
Extruding in Edge or Face Select mode allows much more precise control over what's extruded and what should be excluded. Try for example a checker pattern selection, and extrude it.
New is the fixed translation when faces are extruded. This always follows the (averaged) face normal(s) of the old face(s), enabling much easier working in 3D views . A single 'G' (Grab) or 'R' (Rotate) or 'S' (Scale) will change transform modus as usual.
**** Other things to note
- Hiding edges/faces will also behave different based on Select Mode.
- while editing, normals of faces are updated always now
- Border select (BKEY) has 2 different rules for edges; when one edge is fully inside of the border, it will only select edges that are fully inside. Otherwise it selects each edge intersecting with the border.
- in face mode, adding vertices, edges or a circle is invisible...
- "Add monkey" now works as a normal primitive (rotated and on 3d cursor)
- Mesh undo was fully recoded, hopefully solving issues now with Vertex Keys and Groups
- Going in and out of editmode was fully recoded. Especially on larger models you'll notice substantial speed gain.
**** Todo
Add 'FaceSelect mode' functionality in EditMode, including zbuffered selection, display and editing of UV texture.
EditMesh refactor notes (coder)
**** Usage of flags in general
The "->f" flags are reserved for the editmesh.c and editmesh_lib.c core functions. Actually only selection status is there now.
The "->f1" and "->f2" flags are free to use. They're available in vertex/edge/face structs. Since they're free, check carefully when calling other functions that use these flags... for example extrude() or subdivide() use them.
**** Selection flags
EditVert: eve->f & SELECT
EditEdge: eed->f & SELECT
EditFace: efa->f & SELECT
- Selection is only possible when not-hidden!
- Selection flags are always up-to-date, BUT:
if selection mode >= SELECT_EDGE vertex selection flags can be incorrect
if selection mode == SELECT_FACE vertex/edge selection flags can be incorrect
This because of shared vertices or edges.
- use for selecting vertices:
eve->f &= SELECT
- use for selecting edges always:
void EM_select_edge(eed, 1) // 1 = select, 0 = deselect
- use for selecting faces always:
void EM_select_face(efa, 1) // 1 = select, 0 = deselect
- To set the 'f' flags in all of the data:
void EM_set_flag_all(int flag);
void EM_clear_flag_all(int flag);
- the old faceselectedOR() and faceselectedAND() are still there, but only
to be used for evaluating its vertices
**** Code hints for handling selection
If the selectmode is 'face'; vertex or edge selections need to be flushed upward. Same is true for 'edge' selection mode. This means that you'll have to keep track of all selections while coding... selecting the four vertices in a face doesn't automatically select the face anymore.
However, by using the above calls, at least selections flush downward (to vertex level). You then can call:
void EM_selectmode_flush(void);
Which flushes selections back upward, based on the selectmode setting. This function does the following:
- if selectmode 'vertex': select edges/faces based on its selected vertices
- if selectmode 'edge': select faces based its selected edges
This works fine in nice controlled situations.
However, only changing the vertex selections then still doesn't select a face in face mode! If you really can't avoid only working with vertex selections, you can use this call:
void EM_select_flush(void);
Now selection is flushed upward regardless current selectmode. That can be destructive for special cases however, like checkerboard selected faces. So use this only when you know everything else was deselected (or deselect it). Example: adding primitives.
**** Hide flags
EditVert: eve->h
EditEdge: eed->h
EditFace: efa->h
- all hide flags are always up-to-date
- hidden vertices/edges/faces are always deselected. so when you operate on selection only, there's no need to check for hide flag.
**** Unified undo for editmode
New file: editmode_undo.h
A pretty nice function pointer handler style undo. Just code three functions, and your undo will fly! The c file has a good reference.
Also note that the old undo system has been replaced. It currently uses minimal dependencies on Meshes themselves (no abuse of going in/out editmode), and is restricted nicely to editmode functions.
**** Going in/out editmode
As speedup now all vertices/faces/edges are allocated in three big chunks. In vertices/faces/edges now tags are set to denote such data cannot be freed.
ALso the hashtable (lookup) for edges uses no mallocs at all anymore, but is part of the EditEdge itself.
logical parts, and include files altered to denote internal and external
functions.
include/editmesh.h: internal calls for editmesh_xxx.c files
include/BIF_editmesh.h: external calls for these files
src/editmesh.c: basic alloc/lists and in/out editmode, undo, separate
src/editmesh_lib.c: basic utility calls for all editmesh_xxx.c (no UI)
src/editmesh_add.c: add prim, add duplicate, add vertex/edge/face (UI)
src/editmesh_mods.c: selecting, transforming (UI)
src/editmesh_loop.c: loop tools like knife, loop select, loop subdiv (UI)
src/editmesh_tools.c: other tools (extrude, spin, etc) (UI)
And a new file:
src/meshtools.c: tools for Mesh outside of editmode (normals, draw flags)
- EditVlak -> EditFace
- variables called 'evl' -> 'efa'
- functions with 'vlak' in it now have 'face'
Just thought was nice starter for editmesh recode...
- Made unified API for undo calls, to be found in space.c
BIF_undo_push(char *str)
BIF_undo(void)
BIF_redo(void)
These calls will do all undo levels, including editmode and vpaint.
The transition is work in progress, because mesh undo needs recode.
- New global hotkey CTR+Z for undo
Note: 'shaded draw mode' still is SHIFT+Z, the old CTRL+Z was to recalc
the lighting in shaded mode, which already became much more interactive,
like during/after any transform().
Recalc hotkey now is SHIFT+ALT+Z
CTRL+<any modifier>+Z is redo.
- For OSX users; the Apple-key ("Command") now maps to CTRL as well. This
disables the one-mouse-button hack for rightmouse btw, will be fixed in
next commit. At least we can use Apple-Z :)
- Old Ukey for undo is still there, as a training period... my preference is
to restore Ukey to "reload original data" as in past, and only use new
CTRL+Z for undo.
- Added undo_push() for all of editobject.c and editview.c. Meaning we can
start using/testing global undo in the 3d window. Please dont comment on
missing parts for now, first I want someone to volunteer to tackle all of
that.
- Since the global undo has a full 'file' in memory, it can save extremely
fast on exit to <temp dir>/quit.blend. That's default now when global undo
is enabled. It prints "Saved session recovery to ..." in console then.
- In file menu, a new option is added "Recover Last Session". Note that this
reads the undo-save, which is without UI.
- With such nice new features we then can also kill the disputed
Cancel/Confirm menu on Q-KEY.
- Added fix which initializes seam/normal theme color on saved themes.
They showed black now.... (Note: that's in usiblender.c!)
Wrong usage of B_NOP code in button events (xxxx | B_NOP), which is useles
since it is defined as -1.
Reminder for all: use a B_NOP if you want a button event not to be passed
on to the event queues.
1) Curve deform
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Curve_Deform.392.0.html
Works simple as expected, but keep track of the rotation axis
in F7 buttons (Track X Y Z)
Only Mesh deform supported now.
Code changes:
- centralized deformation calls in curve_modifiers() mesh_modifiers()
etcetera. Here also other effects can be added like wave. Now the
evaluation order is fixed, but should become optional. It also doesnt
use the Displist anymore as deform-input. That latter part is unfinished
yet.
This code also is used for Hooks and will be needed for softbody
- made convention stricter that displists are being checked on in
drawobject(), this to prevent routines to make new displists recursively
(like armature does). Now a freedisplist() is sufficient to signal that
a new displaylist should be made.
2) Object Hooks
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Object_Hooks.391.0.html
Support for Hooks is added to Mesh, Lattice, Curve and Surface objects.
For Armatures this would require some more work & research.
Main goal for this feature is to provide quick & simple access to the
underlying geometry in Objects on Object level, supporting hierarchies and
Ipos etc.
- transform (grab, rot, scale, etc)
- all button commands, including menus
I sacrificed for now the UKEY in the 3d window for it. Shift+U does a redo.
(Only in 3d window)
What this system does is saving files in the temp directory (user pref).
The filenames are cycled around (32 in total now).
This commit will follow shortly with a userpref for it, not to frustrate
people who want to work in normal fashion with blender.
separate it...
1) Curve/Surface editmode undo
Uses same syntax as mesh undo, so simple to integrate. Edit-curve data is
also quite simpler, so no need for any hack at all.
It re-uses the undo system from next point, which is nice short & clean
local code
2) Framework for global undo
The undo calls themselves are commented out. In a next commit I want to
enable it for a couple of main features, for further feedback.
The speed goes surprisingly well, especially with this new version that
'pushes' undo after a command, ensuring interactivity isnt frustrated
3) framework for texture based icons in Blender
Not activated code, but tested here. Part of 2.3 UI project.
btw: Johnny Matthews will assist in (and complete) the undo project
with 'emulate numpad' disabled plus/minus hotkey in imagewindow for zoom.
Added it also for oops. More problems with it for other spaces makes it
important te review for next release. But this is for people who use
laptops or minimalistic keyboards... :)
New objects were not created with correct 'ipowin' value, to denote the
default ipo to show. That caused sometimes wrong display with weird empty
menu button in header.
The laptop option "no numpad" did this in the main queue, for all windows.
This caused problems, like for text editing in 3d window.
Now it only does it in 3d window, and not with editmode for Text object.
toggle for all pivot modes. The 2 new pivot modes have been removed
from the popup.
Instead, a new toggle button is added to the 3d view header.
2) Grab cursor mode. Cursor can be grabbed (and constrained to axis, grid,
etc. while moving) like any other object. If no object is selected,
GKEY alone grabs the cursor, otherwise pressing CKEY while in GKEY mode
moves the cursor.
intern/SoundSystem/intern/SND_AudioDevice.cpp
Initalized a var that could fall through with no value.
source/blender/readblenfile/intern/BLO_readblenfile.c
source/blender/src/space.c
intern/SoundSystem/intern/SND_Scene.cpp
source/gameengine/Converter/BL_MeshDeformer.cpp
removed unused var's
intern/SoundSystem/openal/pthread_cancel.cpp
fixed a nested /*
source/blender/imbuf/IMB_imbuf.h
added static to the type returned for addzbufImBuf
source/blender/imbuf/intern/IMB_bmp.h
had a wrong prototype
source/blender/src/view.c
added newline at end of file.
source/blender/src/sequence.c
removed unused var
added #include <stdlib.h> to avoid:
warning: implicit declaration of function `abs'
initalized a var that could have been used without being set.
Kent
instead of right.
This basically swaps left and right, in most window spaces
so you can choose between:
LMB: Cursor/time slider/paint - RMB: Select
or LMB: Select - RMB: Cursor/time slider/paint
Aimed at:
1. Newbies
2. 1 button mouse mac users
3. People like me who are sick of having to constantly keep putting their brains into different modes when
switching between other apps and Blender :)
Yes, the User Preferences window is a bit of a nightmare
now, a layout cleanup will be forthcoming soon...
3d Cursor, only Ob Centers
Median Point, only Ob Centers
They prevent rotation/scaling from effecting the scale/rotation of the objects and just effects their position.
This is handy for aligning objects if you constrain to an axis and scale, as well as other neato things :)
Intrr came up with the code and I hacked it into the GUI
- "Global Pivot": Maintains a global Pivot and Align mode setting for
all 3d views when enabled, instead of seperate settings per 3d view
- "Auto Perspective": Switch to ortho mode automatically on 1/3/7, and
to Perspective when the view is rotated with the mouse
- "Align mode": As suggested on the list, when enabled, transformations
on several objects only transform their locations, not their sizes or
rotations.
- Grid dotted when not 1:1
***ATTENTION***! The User Interface parts of these features have not been
committed, as I work on my own modified UI here. The three features need
toggle buttons to turn them on and off.
I used the following 3 buttons (first two features are in userprefs,
third as a 3d view setting):
uiDefButBitS(block, TOG, USER_AUTOPERSP, B_DRAWINFO, "Auto Persp",
(xpos+edgespace+(3*medprefbut)+(3*midspace)+smallprefbut+2),y3+10,smallprefbut,buth,
&(U.uiflag), 0, 0, 0, 0,
"Automatically switch between orthographic and perspective");
uiDefButBitS(block, TOG, USER_LOCKAROUND, B_DRAWINFO, "Global Pivot",
(xpos+edgespace+(4*midspace)+(4*medprefbut)),y3+10,smallprefbut,buth,
&(U.uiflag), 0, 0, 0, 0,
"Use global pivot setting for all 3d views");
uiDefIconButS(block, TOG|BIT|10, B_AROUND, ICON_ALIGN,
xco+=XIC,0,XIC,YIC,
&G.vd->flag, 0, 0, 0, 0, "Translate only (align)");
Someone needs to add these to the interface in an appropriate manner!
Thanks.
http://www.loria.fr/~levy/Galleries/LSCM/index.htmlhttp://www.loria.fr/~levy/Papers/2002/s2002_lscm.pdf
Implementation Least Squares Conformal Maps parameterization, based on
chapter 2 of:
Bruno Levy, Sylvain Petitjean, Nicolas Ray, Jerome Maillot. Least Squares
Conformal Maps for Automatic Texture Atlas Generation. In Siggraph 2002,
July 2002.
Seams: Stored as a flag (ME_SEAM) in the new MEdge struct, these seams define
where a mesh will be cut when executing LSCM unwrapping. Seams can be marked
and cleared in Edit Mode. Ctrl+EKEY will pop up a menu allowing to Clear or Mark
the selected edges as seams.
Select Linked in Face Select Mode now only selects linked faces if no seams
separate them. So if seams are defined, this will now select the 'face group'
defined by the seams. Hotkey is still LKEY.
LSCM Unwrap: unwrap UV's by calculating a conformal mapping (preserving local
angles). Based on seams, the selected faces will be 'cut'. If multiple
'face groups' are selected, they will be unwrapped separately and packed in
the image rectangle in the UV Editor. Packing uses a simple and fast
algorithm, only designed to avoid having overlapping faces.
LSCM can be found in the Unwrap menu (UKEY), and the UV Calculation panel.
Pinning: UV's can be pinned in the UV Editor. When LSCM Unwrap is then
executed, these UV's will stay in place, allowing to tweak the solution.
PKEY and ALT+PKEY will respectively pin and unpin selected UV's.
Face Select Mode Drawing Changes:
- Draw Seams option to enable disable drawing of seams
- Draw Faces option to enable drawing of selected faces in transparent purple
- Draw Hidden Edges option to enable drawing of edges of hidden faces
- Draw Edges option to enable drawing of edges of visible faces
The colors for these seams, faces and edges are themeable.
Edges in Mesh
- adds automatic when you use creases. For other situations; call the
void make_edges(Mesh *me) in mesh.c. Of course, once in editmode the
edges are automatically recreated.
- in F9 buttons you can add/remove edges too
- both for Mesh and DisplistMesh, so it speeds up drawing quite some in
wireframe
- render for edges can't work... edges have no material nor tface nor col..
so here still the faces are rendered in wire
Creases in Subsurf
- based on the code by Chris McFarlen
- main changes is that now edges are used, saving quite some data in file
- use SHIFT+E in editmode to set edges-sharpness. values go from 0-1
- in F9 buttons you can set draw-crease mode. It draws now blended from
wire color to edge-select color (as provided in Theme)
Known issue: setting sharpness on 1 cube (subdiv 2) gives weird results
with some values... Chris, can you check?
Further; code cleanups, changing 0 in NULL when needed, no warnings, etc etc
* removed 32 channel limit (can now have 50, or of you know what number to change, 999 ;)
* added new IPOs: mirror fresnel and fac, transparency fresnel and fac, and glow factor transparent materials (add)
This for all current NKEY menus by default. Can be standard for each hotkey
controlled Panel from now on; use toggle_blockhandler() for it.
Another popular request: hotkey enabled Panels now optionally reopen on
the previous location, instead of under mouse. This option "Pinned" is a
user option now. Optional for later; have it as per-panel option... dunno!
The last request, close on mouse-exit, won't be implemented, this intrudes
with Panel consistancy, and is pretty OK solved with NKEY-NKEY now.
